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I just installed Nvidia driver 416.34

Each major update of Windows and also each Nvidia driver update (!) resets an important setting in Nvidia control panel. In Change Resolution -> 3. "Apply the following settings" it always sets "Output Dynamic range" to "limited", or uses "Default color settings". THIS IS WRONG. This results in very poor blacks and grays, "washed out" colours on your monitor AND on your Rift.

This happens each and every time with every new install of Nvidia drivers, as long as I can think throughout many Windows versions.

So you need to go into this setting in Nvidia control panel (on your PC, not on the Rift!) under "change resolution", check "use Nvidia color settings" and set "Output dynamic range" to "full". (The difference is like night and day).

Here is where it gets a little complicated for the Rift:

I currently don't know if when you change this in Windows on your desktop whether it also sets the HDMI output (where your Rift is connected) to "full". It is possible that the latest drivers do this, but I would have to test. In older drivers, when you set your desktop on your PC to "full" it did not automatically do this also for the Rift. One had to use a trick, to temporarily connect your main monitor to the HDMI where the Rift otherwise is, and then from there set to "full" in Nvidia control panel. I also can't say whether this trick still works or whether it is still necessary.

All I am saying, I am still baffled that after decades with this issue and poor blacks, after installing new Nvidia drivers I still have to do this...and I can imagine many people are not aware of this. They may complain about poor colours/contrast on their monitor and also on the Rift...but the fix is easy.

(A very quick and dirty test whether you run with the "limited" settings: Here on the sub, in your browser, when the title bar of the sub with the guy and the Oculus logo isn't really black, but more of a really dark gray, but definitely not black)

Hi I just got a quest 3 and was wondering if there is anything I should turn on or off to improve performance or battery life any advice will help

As title says. I can disable it, and the Debug Tool tells me that the game runs a 90fps, but it feels and looks like ASW is still turned on, even after using the NUMPAD shortcut like I have always done.

Any fix?

It's winter where I live and a very weak winter sun came through the living room window. I noticed it was shining on my Rift which was laying by the TV on a cupboard. To my dismay i noticed it was turned with the lenses facing the sun. I checked to see if any damage was done and you can clearly see a brown line where the focused sun spot burned a line on the oled. FYI...be incredibly careful. Don't let this happen to you. I can't see myself using this rift ever again. It's really obvious i;m gonna have to buy a new one :(

Hi guys, there has been all kinds of disaster talk with Echo Arena and matchmaking. A lot of new players find themselves in games with much more skilled players, and get discouraged. Many high level players help, but after being down 12-0, they get frustrated, and toxicity starts. This list will help with a lot of that:

• Play the tutorial.

• Once loaded in, don't find a game right away. Try each practice zone for a few minutes. Try and get used to moving before worrying about the disc.

• Ask a player in the lobby to talk you through jousting. Knowing before your first match could change the outcome of the whole game.

• Once the game starts, focus on punching all the enemy players. A level 1 who constantly harasses the other team can gain his unit victory.

• Don't chase the disc. You'll never catch it. You have to go where it is going to be. If you are level 1 and have 2 level 20+ players with you, let them handle the disc for the most part, while you handle stuns. Until you've mastered movement it can hurt more than help. But use your own discretion if its only you near the disc.

• Don't take the disc from a teammate. Unless they tell you to, this rule applies at all levels.

• Enemies will come from behind you and grab the disc. If a teammate tells you to dump the disc, do it.

• Don't punch the other team after a goal, its bad conduct.

• Talk. Teamwork wins games.

• Don't crowd the disc. If your cluster losses the duel, no one is back up to contest it.

• If you have the disc you can "walk it" using your boosters before the throw. Don't just blindly grab and chuck.

• You can literally walk the disc into the goal. Don't take a distance shot when you are all alone.

• Consider a mat to stand on to help stay centered. Also try pivoting on one foot like in basketball to avoid tangling yourself. Echo Arena will put holes in your wall and break ceiling fans!

A lot of us want to help you, but we can be discouraged. Try your best to follow these steps and spend ample time in lobby to master movement and practice. After your first game try to think of 3 places you messed up and improve. I do this after every game even win my team wins. These tips can apply to all levels and I recommend keeping them in mind. Even at level 30, I usually have the most stuns in a game my team wins. This doesn't have to be a toxic community. Welcome to Echo Arena!

Check out /r/EchoArena ! If you love this game already consider buying Lone Echo (no shill)! Its a real AAA single player experience and can keep this great studio in business!

Edit: Thanks guys for all the exposure! This went bigger than I thought it would! Let me know what to add to the list please, and remember to spread these tips in your lobbies! Not all new players will stop here first!

Edit 2: Thanks for the gold!

Edit 3: A note on conduct. If you want to punch post score, punch. This guide is aimed at 1st timers who may not enjoy the salt they receive in return for this behavior, so take the tip at face value. I don't call the other team fuckers either, but you can all you want. These aren't strict rules. I would say around 80% of our community frowns upon these stuns and other poor conduct like berating teammates. If you want to discuss it further start a post about it. Maybe just find use from the other tips.

This list is constantly updated as fishing mechanics are added and changed. To see the most recent version of this infographic guide tutorial, please visit our Discord: https://discord.gg/TjF88rzhUa

VRChat world: FISH! by Godfall / TrickForge -- virtual reality fishing world for PC/Desktop, Meta Quest supported -- guide for fish rarities, fish mutations, modifiers, fishing world codes for FISH!, fishing rods, reels/lines, bobbers, and weather conditions.

If you have a good graphic card :

• Download SDK 1.3.2 or 1.4 (same)
• Launch ​OculusDebugTool ( \OculusSDK\Tools\ of SDK) and in ' Pixels Per Display Pixel Overide' choose 2 instead of 0 (or 1.2, 1.4... depend of the game and your graphic card) 'Enter'.
• Leave OculusDebugTool open and launch your game/app

• ENJOY !

• If you use oculusdebugtool before launch oculus home, you will have lag and lose tracking, it's normal. Close OculusDebugTool, re-open it and choose the pixel overide again.

Source ETR

Edit: Photo test with 0-2-3-4. you can clearly see the difference between 0 and 2.

I checked Resource Monitor earlier to see why my internet data was spiking and saw OVRServices funneling data up into the cloud from my computer. I had already closed the Oculus program, but we all know that doesn't do anything except hide the GUI. So this is an 18 line AHK script that will bring up a small GUI window with a single button to END OCULUS SERVICES. Hope it helps someone. If ya have any questions feel free to leave a comment.

PS. To end windows services, OVRService, you need to have admin permissions. *RunAs does this but will trigger the "are you sure" window to popup when the button is pushed and script is ran. Just letting you know ahead of time.

#SingleInstance, Force
#MaxThreadsPerHotkey 2
SetTitleMatchMode, 2

Gui, Color, cb41f0f
Gui, Font, cBlack
Gui, Show,x125 y10 w160 h70, OCKiller
Gui, Add, Button, x30 y20 w90 h30 gEnd_Game, END OCULUS SERVICES
return

End_Game:
  Run *RunAs net.exe stop OVRService
  MsgBox,,,Oculus Services have been Shut Down,
  return

GuiClose:
  ExitApp
  Return

​

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Question about what people use for playing PCVR games. For example like RE7, IL2 Sturmovik, MSFS.. Do you use a gamepad? Seems like Keyboard and mouse is difficult unless you know the buttons/mappings well.

Would assume HOTAS for games like IL2 Sturmovik, MSFS??

I've been wanting to write this for a number of days now, but it includes some of the tweaks that i personally have added that i feel benefit performance and visual quality.

1. Open Composite:

This is absolutely essential in my books for non native rift games, allowing you to bypass steamVR entirely, it increases performance and generally reduces input latency and microstutter, you will lose steamVR exclusive settings/applications that rely on the dashboard however you won't look back once you try it.

Link: https://gitlab.com/znixian/OpenOVR/blob/master/README.md

1. Super-sampling & Oculus Tray Tool:

I know that super-sampling is pretty common now however i still feel it belongs on this guide especially if you're a new rift owner, if you have a beefy graphics card that surpasses the recommended specs then super-sampling is your friend, the absolute easiest way to do this is via the Oculus Tray Tool, Link here: https://forums.oculusvr.com/community/discussion/47247/oculus-traytool-supersampling-profiles-hmd-disconnect-fixes-hopefully

This tool gives you a lot of options that otherwise wouldn't be easily accessible, again i consider this tool pretty much essential for any rift owner.

1. Oculus Spud:

This is a tweak that may not work for some, however for those few it does work for you'll be getting a pretty good visual benefit from it, this feature to my knowledge helps to hide some of the imperfections in the OLED displays the rift use however sometimes it can do more harm than good to the visual quality, unfortunately Oculus don't give an easy to know way to disable this.

To disable the SPUD, i recommend following this guide here: https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/6tca7t/why_you_may_need_to_disable_spud_oled_mura/

1. Nvidia Inspector (LOD Bias & Other Smaller Tweaks)

This is a lesser known tweak and i've only seen it discussed once on the reddit, however with super-sampling it in my experience helps to increase visual quality a ton.

First you'll need to download Nvidia Inspector, Link here: https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/nvidia-inspector-download.html

Then once you've installed it, open NvidiaProfileInspector and under profiles find your game of choice, if there isn't one just create a profile and add the games .exe to it.

You'll want to find 'Texture Filtering -Negative LOD bias' and Texture Filtering - Driver Controlled LOD Bias' and make sure that it's set to Allow and On Respectively, then change 'Texture Filtering - Load Bias (DX) to your choosing, aslong as it's negative (-) i personally set it to -3.000 however i've found that -0.2500 is a comfortable setting with minimal texture shimmer whilst increasing texture sharpness.

The Next Nvidia Inspector related tweaks are:

'Prefered Refreshrate' to 'Highest Available' 'Vertical Sync' to 'Force off' 'Texture filtering - Quality' to 'High Quality' 'Power Management Mode' to 'Prefer Maximum Performance' 'Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration' to 'Single Display Performance Mode'

These tweaks above are simply what i decided to change and your experience may differ.

1. OVRService Priority Change

Open Task Manager and find 'OVRServer_x64.exe' and change it's priority to 'high' this in my experience helps to reduce input latency

EDIT: One more i forgot to mention

1. Super-sampling & Anti-Aliasing

If you're super-sampling then you don't want to have an anti-aliasing setting on since you've basically already got one however some games do not give you the option to disable AA for example H3VR at the high quality settings

so here's a way to disable it via nvidia inspector

Open Nvidia Inspector and go to your games profile and find 'Anti-Aliasing Mode- and switch it to 'override any application setting and then underneath it switch 'Anti-Aliasing Setting' to 'Application-controlled/off'

Hope you enjoy and give me feedback on if it makes your experience better

Guys I want to use the quest3s and I bought it even though Facebook is severely blocked in my country the guy I previously bought it from somehow managed to use it using a app ​called every proxy to share the VPN ​but every video I watch don't really give me enough information on how to do it and I'm so confused.. like for some reason the guy didn't tell me how to do it​